Distractions can plague you today as you struggle to keep your mind on your duties. Whether what sidetracks you comes from within or from without, you may find that you grow increasingly impatient and frustrated with yourself as the day wears on. These feelings may be the result an unfocused and irreverent attitude toward your responsibilities that interferes with your ability to concentrate. Consider, first, that there is merit in almost all the survival tasks you are called upon to address each day. Next, rooting yourself in the present moment can give you the anchor you need to ground your awareness in the task or circumstance at hand today.

To focus on a given focal point involves little more than honing in on a specific moment in time. When we immerse ourselves not in a task but in the minute details of each element of that task, our attention travels from moment to moment smoothly, and we are less apt to become sidetracked by errant thoughts or other distractions. With practice, we discover that a dedicated focus enables us to see aspects of our duties we might not otherwise have noticed, and these serve to add richness to our efforts. Since a single mundane task then becomes much more meaningful and compelling, our ability to concentrate is increased naturally without our having to continually reward ourselves for maintaining a state of awareness. Your attention span will grow today as you lose yourself in the complexities of each individual moment.

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